TOUCHLESS ACTIVATION OF A TOILET

• Main Authors: MILLEY, ROBB, VALOFF, SCOTT, CATALANO, DERRES, LE, TUAN, SAMPSON, ADAM, WALTON, STEWART
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 06.11.2015
• Subjects: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR; SEWERAGE; SINKS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES

A toilet sensor and actuator assembly, having: (a) an infrared sensor configured to detect the presence of an object at a far distance from a toilet; (b) an ultrasonic sensor configured to detect the presence of the object at a near distance from the toilet, wherein the ultrasonic sensor remains in a sleep mode until awakened by a signal from the infrared sensor that the infrared sensor has detected the presence of the object at the far distance; and (c) an actuator mechanism that flushes the toilet in response to a signal from the ultrasonic sensor that the ultrasonic sensor has detected the presence of the object at the near distance. Se describe un sensor de retrete y conjunto de accionador que tiene: (a) un sensor infrarrojo configurado para detectar la presencia de un objeto a distancia lejana de un retrete; (b) un sensor ultrasónico configurado para detectar la presencia del objeto a una distancia cercana del retrete, en donde el sensor ultrasónico permanece en modo de dormir hasta que es despertado por una señal del sensor infrarrojo que el sensor infrarrojo ha detectado la presencia del objeto a la distancia lejana y (c) un mecanismo de accionador que lava el retrete en respuesta a una señal del sensor ultrasónico que el sensor ultrasónico ha detectado la presencia del objeto a la distancia cercana.